Happy Birthday Sally- Jo

Here's the card that I have made for my SU sister Sally-Jo.  

It's a thank you also for all the inspiration she has given to me over the past year.

I have used a favourite colour combo of Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.

The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and embossed in White EP and is from Petite Pairs stamp-set.

The flower is punched in Cherry Cobbler with the Boho Blossom Punch.

The leaves are punched using the Bird Builder Punch.

The oval is embossed with the Textured Impressions Designer frames Embossing Folder, 

then a large oval is punched and glued on top.

The background paper is Timeless Portrait DSP.

The  Julie bow is made using 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon.

Happy Birthday Sally-Jo - have a great day!!.

Twitterpated Top Note with Mixed Bunch Butterfly

This is the third card that I made at Christine's last week -
 she found the design on Julie Davison's blog here
As the name implies, this bi-fold card features 

The front half panel covered with Twitterpated DSP and cut with the Top note die. 

The Central inner panel bears the greeting using Petite Pairs stamp-set

and two "kissed" butterfly images using the Butterfly stamp and Mixed Bunch flower.

 The front RHS panel has the Scallop circle in Island Indigo, 

greeting from Petite Pairs stamp-set  and the Butterfly which is made:-

The Mixed Bunch flower is stamped in Versamark, then embossed with white EP

then sponged with Blushing Bride and Pool Party ink, then punched with the Butterfly punch.

A belly-band of Baja Breeze Seam Binding keeps the card closed.

Card closed

Card with belly-band removed

Inside centre panel with greeting

Another Twitterpated Framelit

Yesterday my Wednesday ladies made the same cards as the Tuesday ladies had done.  

Laura decided to change hers and used the other side of the Twitterpated DSP and put her
sentiment
 on top of the ribbon instead - 10 out of 10 for initiative  Laura - it's beautiful.

Thinking of you Jan

Today Chris (sis-in-law) has been over to mine and we have made FOUR cards -

well pleased with our little selves!!

This is one that I have made to send to our friend Jan-

just to let her know that we are all thinking of her whilst Patrick is in hospital.

Hope that it makes her heart a little lighter!

The colour combo is Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie and Bashful Blue.

I have used the ink dusting technique for the evening sky and landscape,

onto glossy white card cut with the Top Note die.

The Stamp-set used is Pocket Silhouettes and the ribbon is 

1/4" Grosgrain ribbon in Pumpkin Pie.

Twitterpated Framelits

Here's one of the cards that my Tuesday ladies have made today - they are doing a set of 

six cards to go in the little handbag shown here on my blog last month (on the 18th May).

This card uses the Labels Collection Framelits Dies, the Bordering on Romance stamp-set , 

Twitterpated DSP and Whisper White 5/8" satin ribbon.

Colour combo used is Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze and Riding Hood Red.

Apologies for the rubbish photo, but I left it a little late to get good light for this!.

Best Wishes

Yet another Mixed Bunch card!  This stamp-set has turned out to be another firm favourite of mine!

Here is another card that I made at Chris's on Friday.  

Chris used this design (cased from my SU Mummy Julie's Blog ) for a

make-and-take for the workshop she is doing this afternoon, 

so we tested it out to check which tools and inkpads etc would be needed.

The beautifully bright Summery colour combo is Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait,

Pear Pizzaz and Daffodil Delight .

Delightful!!

Get well Patrick

Our good friend and golfing buddy, Patrick, was admitted to hospital with Meningitis, in Portugal,

 the day before Barry and I flew out to join him and his partner Jan for a much needed holiday.

He has been very ill (indeed he still is )and everyone has been praying for his speedy return to health. 

 We stayed with Jan in Portugal until last Wednesday, and were relieved to hear that he would be transferred by air ambulance back to the UK on Saturday.

He was flown to Doncaster yesterday afternoon and then taken to Barnsley hospital, where he

 is now resting after a very tiring journey.  He is still in a coma, but there has been

 a slight improvement in his condition over the last two weeks and he still has a long way to go.

Here's the card that I have made for him.  It's a stamp-set that I use a lot for Get-well and 

thinking of you cards - Hopeful Thoughts.  The colour combo is Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

 and Very Vanilla.  For the corner swirls I have used a stamp from Vintage Vogue

 - another well used stamp-set!!

The message says it all Patrick - Get well soon!!

Another Mixed Bunch Blossom punched card

Today I have played with the Mixed Bunch stamp-set and Blossom punch again!!

I just love the shape of this flower and you all know how much I love monochrome!

I have simply punched 3 flowers in Island Indigo and three in Whisper White

which I glued together in pairs.

I then stamped the centre flowers in co-ordinating ink (embossing the NTN one with white EP) 

 and then punched out this using the Boho Blossom punch.  

I then stuck this onto a 1" circle in the contrasting colour. 

The card is a white  DL size and I matted and layered a Next to Navy,

then a Whisper White layer which I had embossed with the Square lattice folder.

The just for you sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp-set and I layered this onto

a punched modern label of Next to Navy.

What do you think??

Telescopic card - The Open Sea

Card open (above)

Card closed (below)

Today I have been over to Chris's (sis-in-law)  for our weekly crafting get-together

and we have had a very fruitful session.  We have made three cards.

This is my version of the man's card we have made.

It is a telescopic card (as you can see above)

The colour combo is Night of Navy , Bashful Blue and Whisper White.

The stamp-set is The Open Sea and the various images and sentiment

have been stamped in either Basic Gray or Night of Navy.

I am quite pleased with this but haven't decided who will receive it yet!!

Mixed Bunch Butterfly.

I have cased this card from the lovely  Sandy MacIver's video on youtube after seeing fellow Jem - Sally's version of this a few weeks ago.  I saw the card, watched the video and just had to have a go at it.
All the instructions and materials are given on the video, but I love the butterfly which is stamped using the Mixed Bunch stampset, then punched with the blossom punch and trimmed down.

Another Mixed Bunch Blossom card

Here's yet another  10 cm square card that I have made using the Mixed Bunch stamp-set

and the Blossom Punch.  Hope it shows you how you can make a really quick pretty

notelet/ giftcard/thank you card, with a minimum of stampsets and punches.

Colour combo here is simply Soft Suede and Very Vanilla.

(not forgetting the Gold embossing!)

Another thank you card

Here's another little 10cm square thank you card.

I used this piece that I had found in my trusty bit box,  that had been stamped 

and coloured in using the Bordering on Romance little flower.

I layered this onto a mat of  Baja Breeze card stock

I then punched a flower out of Blushing Bride using the Blossom Punch and added two tiny flowers

 with the Boho Blossoms Punch.  A tini pear finished the centre of the flower nicely.

Sentiment from Petite Pairs.

Baby card

Here's another one of the three baby cards that I made for Helen recently.

This is the one that she sent to the new baby's brother and sisters.

Simple colour combo of Bashful Blue and Whisper White.

A birthday card for Chris's Mick

Over on CBN, Chris Gray asked if we would send her hubby a birthday card 

 as he feels left out when Christine receives so many and he only receives a few.

So I delved into my Mens' card box and pulled this one out - which I hope that he likes.

Happy Birthday Mick!!

Heather's birthday

Today is my good friend and ex work colleague Heather's birthday, and I have made her a card

 not dissimilar to Beryl's card  (see posting 29th May), but I put a Baja Breeze button on instead

 and coloured the two little flowers on the base in with Baja Breeze also.

Happy Birthday Heather!!

Twitterpated Blossom

Here's a card that I have unashamedly CASEd from  my SU mummy Julie's Blog

Although mine is not as fancy as hers, I still love it.

This Twitterpated DSP is so lush - I keep using it!!

Colour Combo for this card is Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze and Whisper White

I used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and made the Happy Birthday Banner

 using the Curly Cute stamp-set. I then punched two flowers with

the Blossom Punch - one in Blushing Bride and one with Twitterpated DSP.

I put a tiny Twitterpated matching Designer button in the centre of the flower,

then punched two leaves out with the Bird Builder punch.

The ribbon is3/8" Pleated Blushing Bride Satin Ribbon.

Thanks Julie!!

Chris B's Birthday today!!

Yesterday was also the birthday of my good friend and ex-work colleague Chris B.

I told you that I knew loads of folk called Chris didn't I?

This card is a copy of one that I made some time ago, and I swore that I was going to keep it for myself.

Because I love Chris B a lot, I decided that I would make another one just for her!!

I think the little flower faces are so cute!

Hope she loves it as much as I do!

Happy Birthday Chris B!!

Chris C's birthday

Today is the birthday of my  Stampin Up sister Chris C

(I have quite a few friends called Chris - have you noticed this?)

here's the card that I have made for her.

Colour Combo - Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Pink Pirouette.

Background is stamped with the swirl from Charming stamp set.
Do you recognise those little squares that I have used in the past- they get everywhere!!
I have stuck them onto a mat o Early Espresso and done faux stitching with white gel pen.
The flower (from Mixed Bunch is stamped with Versamark on Pink Pirouette card
then embossed with Gold EP and then punched out with the Blossom punch.
(I am really getting my moneysworth out of the stampset and matching punch!!)

So...... Happy birthday Chris C
(Chris B - see tomorrow's blog!!)

Beryl's Birthday

Today is my friend Beryl's birthday and here's the card that I have made for her.

Sorry to bore you again with yet another  scallop easel card, but I love them!!

Colour Combo is Soft Suede and Very vanilla.

Background stamped with Creative Elements swirl (another favourite!)

Sentiments from Petite Pairs.

Flower stamped in Versamark on SS card and embossed with Gold EP,

then punched out with the Blossom Punch.

Dotted scallop Ribbon border punched from Soft Suede.

Large button in soft suede to match and tiny piece

of seam binding threaded through and knotted.

Happy Birthday Beryl!!

Left-overs

Hi everyone - here's a card that I made using a left over piece of card 

from when I was making  the faux mother-of-pearl technique cards.

I needed a quick get well soon card (well you don't really have much notice

 that friends are going to get ill do you?) and I found this tiny piece in my bit box.

I used half a sheet of matching A5 card, but folded it to make it a 

tall skinny card instead of the conventional way. 

 I then added a punched Lace Ribbon border and the greeting - and Voila.

Moral of this story - go through your bit box regularly - who knows what you might find!